VISUAL ART
11am–2pm. Paintings from the London- born artist. See preview, page 96 . ■ INVERLEITH HOUSE Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/ Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Until Mon 30 Sep, Tue–Sun 10am–5.30pm; closed Mon. From Tue 1 Oct, Tue–Sun 10am–4.30pm; closed Mon. NEW Isa Genzken: Botanical Garden Until Sun 28 Sep. The first UK exhibition by maverick German artist.
■ LEITH SCHOOL OF ART 25 North Junction Street, 554 5761. Opening times vary, see individual exhibition listings for details. NEW Kenneth Le Riche and Matthew Storstein: Recent Work Until Fri 10 Oct. Daily 10am–4pm. Work by two tutors from the school.
■ NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND Chambers Street, 0300 123 6789. Daily 10am–5pm. Danie Mellor: Primordial – SuperNaturalBayiMinyjirral Until Sun 23 Nov. Work by the acclaimed contemporary Australian artist.
■ OPEN EYE GALLERY 34 Abercromby Place, 557 1020. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm; closed Sun. NEW Charles MacQueen RGI RSW Sat 20 Sep–Wed 8 Oct. New paintings inspired by travels in the Middle East. NEW Christine Woodside: From Muchty to Marrakech Sat 20 Sep– Wed 8 Oct. New paintings from the artist’s travels in rural Scotland. ■ PALACE OF HOLYROODHOUSE Royal Mile, 556 5100. Daily 9.30am–6pm. Last admission 1h before closing. The Commonwealth: Gifts to the Queen Until Sun 2 Nov. Included in admission. Gifts presented to Queen Elizabeth II during her many voyages.
■ PATRIOTHALL GALLERY WASPS Patriothall Studios, off 48 Hamilton Place. Opening hours vary, see individual exhibitions for details. NEW SEEP II: Mirrors & Mires Sat 20–Mon 29 Sep. Sat, Sun & Mon noon–6pm; Tue–Fri 2pm–8pm. Visual art, poetry, performance and hair-cutting.
■ ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN Arboretum Place, 248 2909. Daily 10am–6pm until Tue 30 Sep; from Wed 1 Oct, daily 10am–5pm, but individual events may vary. LAST CHANCE no strangers | ancient wisdom in a modern world Until Sun 21 Sep. Thu–Sun 10am–5.45pm. A look at the plight of indigenous people around the world.
■ ROYAL OVERSEAS LEAGUE 100 Princes Street, 225 1501. Opening hours vary, see individual exhibition listings for details. Liesel Thomas and Tim Le Breuilly: The Grand Tour Fri 3 Oct– Sun 25 Jan. Daily 10am–6pm. New work surveying built heritage ■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. NB certain exhibitions open Mon 10am–5pm only. Resident 14 Until Sun 9 Nov. Group show of work by artists selected from the RSA Residencies programme. Your RSA Paintings: Your Choice Until Mar 2015. Mon 10am–5pm only. Pictures from the RSA collection, some of which have been chosen by the public.
■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm; closed Sun. LAST CHANCE Embrace Until Wed 1 Oct. Wearable textiles from Jane Keith, James Donald, Wallace & Sewell, Etka Kaul, Sheila Oakeshott and Masako Ban. LAST CHANCE FCB Cadell and SJ Peploe on Iona Until Wed 1 Oct. 100 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014
Images of the island by two of the Scottish Colourists. LAST CHANCE Geoff Uglow: Next Year’s Buds, the Last Year’s Seed Until Wed 1 Oct. Paintings inspired by the artist’s relationship with nature. LAST CHANCE To the Letter Until Wed 1 Oct. Celebrating lettercutting. NEW John Brown: Centro Habana Mon 6–Wed 29 Oct. Paintings inspired by the artist’s travels in Cuba. NEW Professor Dorothy Hogg: Retrospective Mon 6–Wed 29 Oct. An overview of a celebrated jeweller. NEW Rhythms of Land and Sea Mon 6 Oct–Wed 29 Oct. Pictures and objects celebrating Orkney, to mark the 30th anniversary of Wilhelmina Barns- Graham’s trip to the islands. Featured artists include Barns-Graham herself, Stanley Cursiter, Fiaz Elson, Grace Girvan, Diana Leslie, Peter McLaren, Frances Priest and Fred Schley.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART ONE 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. Generation: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland Until Sun 2 Nov. Daily 10am–5pm. As part of Generation, National Galleries Scotland mounts an epic two-part exhibition showing work by some of the country’s most vital contemporary artists. Modern One features work by Ross Sinclair, Graham Fagen, Alison Watt, Julie Roberts, Lucy McKenzie and Douglas Gordon’s ‘24 Hour Psycho’. ■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART TWO 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. American Impressionism – A New Vision Until Sun 19 Oct. £8 (£6). Paintings that chart the response of American artists to French Impressionism. Works by Monet, Degas and Berthe Morisot provide context with pieces by Whistler, Sargent and Cassatt, plus less well-known paintings by artists such as Theodore Robinson, Childe Hassam and William Merritt Chase.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY The Mound, 624 6200. Mon–Wed & Fri– Sun 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–7pm. LAST CHANCE First Sight: Recent Acquisitions of Prints and Drawings Until Tue 14 Oct. Recent additions to the collection, including pieces by Turner, Manet and Cezanne. Generation: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland Until Jan 2015. The Scottish National Gallery features re-creations of work by Stephen Campbell, Martin Boyce, Rosaldin Nashashibi and Christine Borland, as well as new pieces from Karla Black and David Shrigley. Tesco Bank Art Competition Until Wed 29 Oct. Artworks by the winners of the Tesco Bank Art Competition for Schools. The Art of Golf: The Story of Scotland’s National Sport Until Sun 26 Oct.. £8 (£6). An overview of the role of golf in Scotland’s national life.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY 1 Queen Street, 624 6200. Mon–Wed & Fri–Sun 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–7pm. Blazing with Crimson: Tartan Portraits Until Dec 2015. An examination of the meanings of tartan. Citizens of the World: David Hume & Allan Ramsay Until Dec 2015. Images of the Scottish Enlightenment. George Jamesone: Scotland’s First Portrait Painter Until May 2015. Work by the first great native portrait painter in Scotland. Imagining Power: The Visual Culture of the Jacobite Cause Until Dec 2015. An exhibition looking at the way the Jacobites presented themselves in portraiture. John Byrne: Sitting Ducks Until Sun
19 Oct. A full-scale overview of the well- loved visual artist. John Ruskin: Artist and Observer Until Sun 28 Sep. £8 (£6). Drawings and paintings by Victorian art critic / writer. Making History Until May 2015. Work by sculptor Sandy Stoddart. Minette: The Life and Letters of a Stuart Princess Until May 2015. A display looking at the short life of Charles II’s younger sister Henrietta Anne. Out of the Shadow: Women of Nineteenth Century Scotland Until Mar 2015. A look at how women were depicted in the visual arts between the late 18th and early 20th centuries. Playing for Scotland: The Making of Modern Sport Until May 2015. Examining how sport was transformed by wider social and infrastructural changes. Reformation to Revolution Until Dec 2016. How Scotland transformed from an independent nation in the beginning of the 16th century, to be part of the Union at the end of the 17th century. Remembering the Great War Until Jul 2015. A major exhibition to mark the centenary of the outbreak of WWI. The Age of Improvement Until Dec 2015. Portraits from the century of Scotland’s great transformation. ■ SLEEPER Reiach and Hall Architects, 6 Darnaway Street, 225 8444. Mon–Fri 2–5pm; closed Sat & Sun. LAST CHANCE Atsuo Hukuda: Colour and / or monochrome Until Wed 24 Sep. Minimalist works.
■ ST MARGARET’S HOUSE 151 London Road, 661 1924. Centre open daily 10am–10pm but individual exhibition times may vary. NEW Black Cube Collective Annual Show Fri 19 Sep–Sun 5 Oct. Annual show by the art collective.
■ STILLS 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. Daily 11am–6pm. The King’s Peace: Realism and War Until Sun 26 Oct. Work by photographers and filmmakers revitalising strategies to illuminate ties between conflict and peace. Generation. ■ SUMMERHALL 1 Summerhall, 560 1581. Cafe/Bar open Mon–Thu noon–11pm, Fri–Sat noon–1am; exhibitions open daily 11am–6pm. LAST CHANCE Antonio O’Connell: Virus Until Fri 26 Sep. The artist / architect uses recycled and found items to create extensions of buildings. LAST CHANCE Augustin Rebetez: Heart (Meteorite) Until Fri 26 Sep. The artist’s first exhibition in the UK is a discordant, disturbing universe. LAST CHANCE Birgir Andrésson: The Northernmost North Until Fri 26 Sep. Icelandic identity and culture. LAST CHANCE Caroline McNairn: Dreaming of Heroic Days Until Fri 26 Sep. The result of a year spent painting in Russia and the Ukraine, this exhibition looks at cultural interchange. LAST CHANCE Claude Closky: 10, 20, 30 & 40% Until Fri 26 Sep. Installation from French conceptualist. See review, page 96. LAST CHANCE Gary Baseman: Mythical Homeland Until Fri 26 Sep. Drawings, paintings and a short film drawing on the Holocaust. LAST CHANCE Hanne Darboven: Making Time Until Fri 26 Sep. Prints, drawings, audio works, artists books and ephemera covering the artist’s career. LAST CHANCE Ignaz Cassar: 444 Archives Until Fri 26 Sep. An exhibition of 444 photographs of 444 publicly registered repositories. LAST CHANCE Large Things of Different Shapes and Colours Until Fri 26 Sep. Large neon sculptural works by Kevin Harman, Tim Sandys, Louise Gibson and Shane Jezowski. LAST CHANCE Life as a Cheap Suitcase (Pandrogeny & A Search
for a Unified Identity) Until Fri 26 Sep. Genesis and Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge’s first UK exhibit in 11 years. LAST CHANCE Lindsay Todd: The Living Mountain Until Fri 26 Sep. In a specially designed record shop, Todd spins his own work and that of others. LAST CHANCE Paul Robertson: Exhibition in a Pocket Until Fri 26 Sep. The distinguished artist / curator presents an exhibition of tiny artworks. LAST CHANCE Richard Demarco Archive Until Fri 26 Sep. Sculptural and other works. LAST CHANCE Susan Hiller: Re- Sounding Until Fri 26 Sep. Combining sound frequencies and visual patterns translated from cosmic microwave background radiation with eyewitness accounts of extraterrestrial phenomena. LAST CHANCE Tamsyn Challenger: Monoculture Until Fri 26 Sep. Installation that links themes of digital culture with cultural homogenisation. LAST CHANCE The Faile Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade Until Mon 29 Sep. An interactive installation by the American artists who are prominent members of the street art scene. LAST CHANCE Wim Delvoye: Sybille II Until Fri 26 Sep. Video art focusing on an abstract concept which attracts and repels simultaneously. LAST CHANCE kennardphillips: Demo Talk Until Fri 26 Sep. Art protesting the invasion of Iraq. ■ SUTTON GALLERY 18a Dundas Street, 07854 972930. Mon– Sat 11am–5pm; Sun noon–4pm. LAST CHANCE Cat Outram: Catching the Light Until Sat 27 Sep. Celebrated Edinburgh printmaker. NEW Roar Kjaernstad Sat 4–Sat 25 Oct. Work by the Norwegian artist.
■ TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Opening times vary, see individual events for details. Counterpoint Until Sat 18 Oct. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–5pm. Non-thematic group show featuring work by Shona Macnaughton, Ross Birrell, Michelle Hannah, Ellie Harrison and Craig Mulholland. Generation.
■ TORRANCE GALLERY 36 Dundas Street, 556 6366. Mon–Fri 11am–6pm; Sat 10.30am–4pm; closed Sun. Dronma Sat 20 Sep–Sat 11 Oct. Landscapes and seascapes in acrylic.
■ UNION GALLERY 45 Broughton Street, 556 7707. Mon–Sat 10.30am–6pm; Sun noon–6pm. LAST CHANCE James Newton Adams Until Wed 1 Oct. Debut solo exhibition of the Skye-based artist. NEW Alison Auldjo Fri 3 Oct–Mon 3 Nov. New work from the gallery owner. ■ URBANE ART GALLERY 25–27 Jeffrey Street, 556 8379. Tue–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm; Sun 11am–4pm; closed Mon. LAST CHANCE Louise Giblin MRBS: Olympians Go to Commonwealth Games Until Sun 21 Sep. Body cast sculptor showing the torso of Dame Kelly Holmes and new bronze torso Manhattan Skyline.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES
■ DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS 152 Nethergate, Dundee, 01382 909900. Mon–Wed & Fri–Sun 11am–6pm; Thu 11am–8pm.
✽ Heather Phillipson: sub-fusc love feast Until Sun 9 Nov. New
work from the London-based artist, who uses installations, music and live interaction to make stimulating environments. See review at list.co.uk.